| Contemplating Suicide? 1-800-273-TALK |
18-1. Reduce the rate of suicide attempts by adolescents.
Target: 12-month average of 1 percent.
Baseline: 12-month average of 2.6 percent of adolescents in grades 9 through 12 attempted suicide in 1999.
Target setting method: Better than the best.
Data source: Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System (YRBSS), CDC, NCCDPHP.
| Suicide Attempts | |
| Students in Grades 9 Through 12, 1999 | Percent |
| TOTAL | 2.6 |
| Race and ethnicity | |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | DSU |
| Asian or Pacific Islander | DSU |
| Asian | DSU |
| Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander | DSU |
| Black or African American | 3.1 |
| White | 2.2 |
| Hispanic or Latino | 3.0 |
| Not Hispanic or Latino | 2.6 |
| Black or African American | 2.9 |
| White | 1.9 |
| Gender | |
| Female | 3.1 |
| Male | 2.1 |
| Parents’’ education level | |
| Less than high school | DNC |
| High school graduate | DNC |
| At least some college | DNC |
| Sexual orientation | DNC |
DNA = Data have not been analyzed. DNC = Data are not collected. DSU = Data are statistically unreliable.
